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Family PLETHODONTIDJE. 



Genus SPELERPES Rafinesque. 



44. Spelerpes ruber (Sonn. Latr.). Red Salamander. 



The large specimens from Sawyer's Springs were found under 

 logs in dry woodland. The color in life was light brownish red, 

 darkly and thickly spotted with black. The larval Roan Moun- 

 tain specimen was taken in a quiet pool of water. A well defined 

 slender black vertebral line reaches from the shoulders to end of 

 tail. In other respects it is like Prof. Cope's diagnosis of S. r. 

 montanus, to which variety (subspecies?) it undoubtedly should be 

 referred. A specimen was seen in a spring on the summit of Roan 

 Mountain. 



Specimens: Sawyer's Springs, 3 ad. ; Roan Mountain (4,000 feet) 

 1 juv. 



45. Spelerpes bislineatus (Green). Two-striped Salamander. 



Very abundant under logs just below the fir belt on Roan Moun- 

 tain. 



Specimens: Roan Mountain (4,500 to 5,000 feet), 7 ad. 



Genus GYRINOPHILUS Cope. 



46. Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (Green). Porphyritic Salamander. 



The only specimen coming to notice was taken under the upper 

 bark of a huge hemlock log in the deciduous belt of Roan Moun- 

 tain at about 4,000 feet elevation. Its length is not quite five 

 inches. A thread-like, black, vertebral line extends from shoulders 

 to root of tail. The dorsal spotting is minute, the lower parts 

 immaculate save the border of the lower jaw. A dark line from 

 nostril to eye. Color above, in life, pale salmon. This species 

 is not essentially an aquatic animal, as the above capture proves, 

 the nearest stream of water being fifty yards from the tree on 

 which I found the specimen. 



Specimen: Roan Mountain, near Rock Creek, 1 ad. 



Genus PLETHODON Tschudi. 



47. Plethodon glutinosus (Green). Viscid Salamander. 



This is the most abundant and uniformly distributed salamander 

 in Tennessee. None were found on Roan Mountain. 



Specimens: Samburg, 1 ad., 1 juv.; Raleigh, 7 ad.; Sawyer's 

 Springs, 5 ad., 5 juv.; Knoxville, 1 juv. 



